Sonar

Senior Product Designer

Sonar • $175K — $250K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience mapping user journeys and organizing complex environments.
  • Practical experience with AI tools to enhance design processes.
  • Self-starter mindset focused on identifying UX gaps autonomously.
  • Ability to communicate design rationales to technical and non-technical teams.
  • Comfortable in a feedback-rich, cross-functional teamwork environment.
  • Commitment to overseeing projects from design through implementation.
  • Track record of influencing design strategy and establishing scalable patterns.
  • Familiarity with software development processes; background in CS is beneficial.
  • Experience with AI workflows or agent-driven interfaces is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own and lead product design, raising the quality and craft standards.
  • Design engaging experiences for both human users and AI agents.
  • Utilize AI to enhance every step of the design workflow.
  • Engage with users to deeply understand their software development needs.
  • Collaborate with designers to maintain a unified product experience.
  • Work with product management to define problems and solutions.
  • Partner with engineering to ensure design feasibility early in the process.
  • Mentor other designers through feedback and team collaboration.
  • Advance the product design team's processes and tools with ownership.
  • Experiment with AI tools and models daily during design work.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with innovative AI tools and models.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and designers.
  • Mentorship opportunities within the design team.
  • Ownership in shaping design processes and team evolution.
Full Job Description
Position description

Sonar is looking for a passionate, seasoned product designer to join our Product Design team. You will fundamentally shape the experience of our (agentic and human) users as they build the software of the future. You'll help ensure that our developer and agent users write better code, navigate complex codebases, and leverage AI agents to accelerate large-scale code changes.

In your product area, you will work closely with Product Management and Engineering teammates to ensure that the proposed solutions meet the expected outcome and that we collectively deliver the best products to help development teams write better and more secure code. You will also collaborate with other designers and researchers across the organization, ensuring consistency and contributing to best practices.

What you will do

  • Own and lead product design across your squad, setting design direction and raising the bar for craft, quality, and strategic thinking.
  • Build for AI agents as first class users. You won't just be designing a compelling experience for human users, you will also ensure that the product works exceptionally well for our silicon-based users too!
  • Integrate AI into every stage of your design workflow, leveraging it to accelerate research synthesis, automate repetitive tasks, and explore high-fidelity prototypes more efficiently.
  • Listen to our users and customers to understand their needs. Develop a deep understanding of the SDLC and how we can enable developers and AI agents to produce better quality software.
  • Work closely with other product designers to ensure a cohesive information architecture and a unified experience across the entire product platform.
  • Align with your product manager on problem definition, providing design solutions throughout the end-to-end development stage.
  • Partner with engineering teams early in the design process to vet technical feasibility and uncover edge cases.
  • Mentor fellow designers through critique, pairing, and feedback - actively investing in the team's growth and raising collective craft.
  • Shape and advance the Product Design team's processes, tools, and collaborative frameworks - not just contributing to them, but taking genuine ownership of their evolution.
  • Have the opportunity to work and experiment daily with a variety of AI tools and models, doing real work.


Experience and qualifications

  • Experience organizing complex environments into logical structures and mapping user journeys that minimize friction.
  • Demonstrated curiosity and practical experience using AI tools to accelerate research, ideation and design velocity.
  • A self-starter mindset with the drive to identify UX gaps and propose structural improvements without being prompted.
  • Ability to articulate design decisions and the "why" behind them to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Comfort working in a cross-functional environment where feedback is shared openly and success is a team effort.
  • Delivery mindset. Your role does not end when the design is handed off.
  • Track record of driving design strategy and establishing patterns that scale beyond your immediate squad - influencing the broader product and design organization.
  • Familiarity with software development workflows, the SDLC, or a background in computer science - you don't need to write production code, but you need to think alongside engineers who do.
  • Experience designing AI workflows or agent-driven experiences is a strong plus, and will meaningfully shorten your onboarding ramp.


Salary Range

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $175,000 - $250,000 USD+ other benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About Sonar

Sonar is a technology company that provides a platform for businesses to manage their customer feedback. The company was founded in 2017 and has since been helping businesses to collect, analyze, and act on customer feedback. Sonar's platform uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to analyze customer feedback and provide insights to businesses. The company has a team of experienced software developers, data scientists, and customer success managers who work together to deliver high-quality services to clients. Sonar's platform is used by businesses in various industries, including retail, hospitality, and healthcare.
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